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2008 "looks for literacy"
The 2008 edition of "looks for literacy" was great fun for everyone involved and raised over $5,000 for Friends of Literacy programs. The 2009 "looks" is already scheduled for May 14, 2009 so mark you calendars today!
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The table settings were just the beginning.
Presenting sponsor Ojos show us the latest in eye fashion.
Staff and students from Pellissippi and Ross Learning Center share a table.
Attendees enjoying the “spread”.
Close to 150 people attended this year’s event at the Knoxville Museum of Art.
Board members Teresa Scott, Henrietta Grant and Rosemary Gilliam enjoy the event.
Board Member Carol Petersen modeling the latest fashions from Vagabondia.
Student Jenny Liz looks hip in flora.
Donna is a volunteer tutor.
Ross Learning Center Program Director Lynn Moore shows off cozy sleepwear from Bliss.
Volunteer Meredith Futhey is smoking in red.
Volunteer Tutor Jessica Hendricks is ready for the runway.
Volunteer Jackie Wilson is weather ready.
Our models - present board members, volunteers, and students.
Clothing sponsor Andie Ray of Vagabondia talks with board member Henrietta Grant and Carol Young.
Board member Carol Petersen receives compliments from friends after the show.
Board member Mary Pom Claiborne gets a hug from model Susan Cunningham.
"Friends of Literacy strives to help volunteers realize that their efforts at helping someone learn to read not only changes the life of that person, but also, in the process and result, it changes the entire community. One person. That's how you start to change the world."
—Brad Meltzer